Phillip Island Holiday

We decided a good way to get our minds off missing family at Christmas was to take a little getaway so we made plans to go to Phillip island. We rented a house 100 meters from the beach and enjoyed the sound of the waves rolling in. The kids LOVED the beach! I thought it was a little too breezy for swimming, but it wasn't enough to deter Mady and Dawson.

Phillip Island is a tourist area know for its nightly penguin parade. Every night the penguins follow the tide into the beach and walk across the beach and up the hill to their burrows. The night we were there approximately 900 penguins crossed the beach. The penguins are used to tourists watching so they are very tame. We were inches away from them. It was amazing to see them come up the beach in groups. The kind of penguins there are the smallest breed of penguins and measure an average of 12 inches in height. It was an amazing experience for the whole family!

We visited a place called A Maze n Things which had all types of puzzles, optical illusions, a huge outdoor maze, mini golf, and a really tall steep slide. It was a strange mix of activities but also a heap of fun. Now to get to the important stuff. You will all be relieved to know that we found a Mexican restaurant in the town where we were staying. While it was not as good as home it was better than nothing!

Our final destination was another animal sanctuary. At this location we were able to buy food so we spent hours feeding the wallabies and little kangaroos. Even Kyndal wasn't intimidated by the animals eating out of her hand. The ultimate sight for us was seeing a baby in the pouch. If you closely you can see it peaking out of the pouch in two of the pictures. There were bigger kanaroos but they were in a field with emus. Mark was brave enough to go try it out but we decided the emus were a little too aggressive to take the kids back.